Jeremiah 14:6

14:6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops

and pant for breath like jackals.

Their eyes are strained looking for food,

because there is none to be found.” ¹ 

Jeremiah 34:20

34:20 I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals. ² 

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¹ tn Heb “their eyes are strained because there is no verdure.”

² sn See this same phrase in Jer 7:33; 16:4; 19:7.